Spitting blood : the history of tuberculosis / Helen Bynum.
Pubblicazione:
Oxford : Oxford university press, 2012.
Descrizione fisica:
XXVIII, 320 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
Contiene:
Indice: List of illustrations. Prologue: George Orwell (1903-1950). 1. Ancient bacteria, old diseases 2. All with a touch of consumption? 3. Tubercles, airs, waters and places 4. Consumption's fashionistas 5. Consumption becomes tubercolosis 6. Design for living 7. Tuberculosis and the health of the race 8. Streptomycin & co 9. A job half done. Epilogue: There is no dypraxa. Notes. Further reading. Index
